The leaders of Venezuela and Colombia finally to set a date for a bilateral meeting on their nation's border crisis, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced.
More than 4 in 10 Colombians fear that their country's border crisis with Venezuela may eventually lead to a war between the two South American neighbors.
Colombia claims that two Venezuelan military aircraft violated sovereign airspace on Saturday and said on Monday that it would launch a formal protest.
A Venezuelan judge on Thursday sentenced Leopoldo López, arguably the country's most prominent opposition figure, to more than 13 years in prison on charges of inciting anti-government riots that led to the deaths of more than 40 individuals last year.
Responding to the current migrant crisis wherein thousands Syrians are fleeing from their war torn country for safety, several Latin American nations have decided to welcome a welcome to the desperate refugees.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made a "serious mistake" when he characterized Venezuela's socialist "Bolivarian revolution" as self-destructing, embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro charged on Wednesday.
Escalating tension with their neighboring nation of Colombia, Venezuela has extended their partial border shutdown and sent in another 3,000 troops to the area.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro promised on Monday that his country would offer asylum to up to 20,000 refugees fleeing from the civil war in Syria.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday called on his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, to enter into discussions about how the nations can resolve their ongoing border dispute.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is willing to meet his Venezuelan counterpart and discuss the border crisis only if President Nicolás Maduro establishes a "humanitarian corridor," allowing some 2,000 Colombian children to continue attending school despite the shutdown of border crossings.
Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Monday that his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, had sanctioned a plan to assassinate him.
In an effort to calm the border crisis that has heightened tensions between Venezuela and Colombia, the foreign ministers of both nations vowed on Wednesday to increase cooperation between the two South American neighbors.
Undocumented Colombian immigrants in Venezuela were packing up their belongings and crossing into their homeland on Tuesday after Caracas intensified a crackdown along the border between the two South American nations.
Venezuela on Wednesday temporarily shut down major border crossings with neighboring Colombia after three soldiers were attacked while looking for smugglers.
The Venezuelan government has barred a prominent opposition leader from running in the South American nation's Dec. 6 legislative elections hours before the wife of embattled President Nicolás Maduro announced she would seek a seat in the National Assembly.
An international human rights group on Friday criticized the president of Venezuela's parliament for questioning the legitimacy of activists who last week had testified before the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Embattled Venezuelan President Nicoás Maduro on Monday upped the ante in a rekindled border dispute with Guyana and recalled his country's ambassador in Georgetown, the neighboring country's capital.
Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has gained 9 pounds since he ended a 30-day hunger strike a week ago, his wife, Lilian Tintori, said on Wednesday as she appeared with former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González, who has lobbied for López's release.
The Venezuelan election authority has set the South American country's parliamentary election for Dec. 6. The move comes after opponents of embattled President Nicolás Maduro had demanded for months that the purportedly independent National Electoral Council determine a date for the vote.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Saturday in Venezuela to demand the release of political prisoners and voice their discontent with the socialist administration of embattled President Nicolás Maduro.
